United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2000_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81f4f7b D09002ee1c81f500d United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Institute of Standards and Technology originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States Department of Commerce, and the Under Secretary of the Bureau of Export Administration, United States Department of Commerce, and the Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Department of Commerce (collectively referred to as the Department) are today issuing a final rule amending regulations found at 15 CFR part 280 implementing the Fastener Quality Act (FQA). A notice of proposed rulemaking on this topic was published in the Federal Register on December 15, 1999. This final rule responds to comments received on the December 15, 1999 notice of proposed rulemaking and incorporates into the regulations amendments to the Fastener Quality Act contained in the Fastener Quality Act Amendments of 1999. The changes include the elimination of testing and paperwork requirements and of NIST's role in evaluating and approving bodies that accredit laboratories and registrars. The final rule amends the regulations to set forth the procedures under which NIST will accept petitions for approval of certain documents and self-declarations for accreditation bodies. The final rule also amends the enforcement provisions of the regulations to set forth violations as they are contained in the amended FQA. The final rule amends the recordal of insignia provisions of the regulations to remove all references to private label distributors and to provide that fasteners whose insignia must be recorded are those fasteners that are required by the applicable consensus standards to bear "an insignia" rather than a "raised or depressed insignia," and that these fasteners are not subject to the recordal requirements if the specifications provide otherwise. 65 FR 39798 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-06-28/00-16212 00-16212 fr28jn00-14 RIN 0693-AB47 3510-13-P Docket No: 980623159-0166-04 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-06-28/00-16212 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-28/html/00-16212.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-28/pdf/00-16212.pdf Business and Industry Fastener Industry Imports 7 p. 39798 39804 65 FR 39798 Title 15 Part 280 15 CFR Part 280 RIN 0693-AB47 Procedures for Implementation of the Fastener Quality Act; Federal Register Vol. 65, Issue RULE 00-16212 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology 2000-07-28 Docket No: 980623159-0166-04 3510-13-P 00-16212 Final rule.

The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States Department of Commerce, and the Under Secretary of the Bureau of Export Administration, United States Department of Commerce, and the Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Department of Commerce (collectively referred to as the Department) are today issuing a final rule amending regulations found at 15 CFR part 280 implementing the Fastener Quality Act (FQA). A notice of proposed rulemaking on this topic was published in the Federal Register on December 15, 1999. This final rule responds to comments received on the December 15, 1999 notice of proposed rulemaking and incorporates into the regulations amendments to the Fastener Quality Act contained in the Fastener Quality Act Amendments of 1999. The changes include the elimination of testing and paperwork requirements and of NIST's role in evaluating and approving bodies that accredit laboratories and registrars. The final rule amends the regulations to set forth the procedures under which NIST will accept petitions for approval of certain documents and self-declarations for accreditation bodies. The final rule also amends the enforcement provisions of the regulations to set forth violations as they are contained in the amended FQA. The final rule amends the recordal of insignia provisions of the regulations to remove all references to private label distributors and to provide that fasteners whose insignia must be recorded are those fasteners that are required by the applicable consensus standards to bear "an insignia" rather than a "raised or depressed insignia," and that these fasteners are not subject to the recordal requirements if the specifications provide otherwise.

This rule is effective July 28, 2000. Dr. Subhas Malghan, Director's Office, Technology Services, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Mail Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2000, telephone number (301) 975-4510. Business and Industry Fastener Industry Imports Fastener Quality Act; implementation, http://www.ansi.org http://www.nist.gov/fqa/ Vol. 65, no. 125 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2000-06-28 continuing daily deposited born digital 282 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-06-28 P0b002ee180a04136 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr28jn00 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-06-28 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-28/pdf/FR-2000-06-28.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-28/xml/FR-2000-06-28.xml fdlp 39779 40048 DGPO 2010-09-24 2024-06-08 FR-2000-06-28 machine generated eng FR FR-2000-06-28 65 125